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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 1h

If you want to create a docile, obedient nation, first attack the arts so you deskill children of critical thinking. Once you’ve done that the people can be moulded as their rulers please. Beware this barbarism. It’s a path to demagoguery and authoritarianism

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 5h

I wrote about Robert Jenrick's embrace of blood and soil nationalism for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

"The British right is adopting an increasingly extreme form of ethnic identity politics, while failing to explain what the rest of us are supposed to be worried about"

bylinetimes.com/2025/08/19/r...

But what about “ethnic change”? Yes, the proportion of Islington’s population who are (like me) white British has dropped from perhaps 85% to about 40%. This change is indeed visible. For West, it is “far beyond what any group would find tolerable.” What he doesn’t and can’t say is why exactly I’m supposed to find it intolerable. Why should I, or my neighbours, be more concerned about what race or ethnicity the kids are at the local school than the quality or financing of local services, or whether the council is successfully balancing the need for more housing with the interests of long-standing residents?

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Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 7h

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 1d

UK and Europe must be energetic and innovative in promoting peace | Martin Roche

@cluthaman.bsky.social

New global arms race threatens us all

UK and Europe must be energetic and innovative in promoting peace

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 9h

An informed public, understanding the UK money system, would be less duped by false framing | David Murray

@chartaist.bsky.social

Banks do not lend out deposits

An informed public, understanding the UK money system, would be less duped by false framing

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 8h

Banks do not lend out deposits | David Murray

Banks do not lend out deposits

An informed public, understanding the UK money system, would be less duped by false framing

bylines.scot

Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 8h

Banks do not lend out deposits

An informed public, understanding the UK money system, would be less duped by false framing

bylines.scot

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18h

This strikes me as pretty bad

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h

Make America Great Again…

GTF Out!

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Dementia Community @dementiacommunity.bsky.social · 9h

We’re delighted to welcome Symphony Sound as a Gold Sponsor for the 19th UK Dementia Congress, taking place 17-18 November 2025 at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

Find out more about Symphony Sound: symphonysound.co.uk
Book your place for #UKDC2025: buff.ly/Kps0W4O

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Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 9h

Clever folk doing clever things.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 9h

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks, New Yorker

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Lesley Riddoch @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social · 1d

Are Highlanders climate crisis-denying NIMBYs or asking who benefits from green energy that isn't locally owned or controlled and (largely) won't reach the grid?
Highland Windfarm Revolt screening plus Q&A in Phipps Hall Beauly, 29th Nov 2pm. Free with donations. lesleyriddoch.com/events

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

As temperatures fall and Putin's strikes on the grid escalate, Ukraine prepares for a winter of severe hardship, reports George Llewelyn from Kyiv

Winter Is Coming: Can Ukraine Keep the Lights On?

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

“Gottle of geer.”

Honest Bob Jenrick holding a judge’s wig in a manner that makes it look like his ventriloquist’s dummy.

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Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 1d

Two years on, will Israel and Hamas seize the chance to end the war?

There is a chance of a deal that will end the killing and destruction in Gaza and return the Israeli hostages, living and dead, to their families.

www.bbc.co.uk

Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 1d

I see The Sun published a correction. #DontBuyTheSun

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Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 1d

That Robert Jenrick is very ambitious.

#ByeByeKemi

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t give an inch

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Ronnie Barbour @ronniebarbour.bsky.social · 1d

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.

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